Illinois · Private foundation
The Lans Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $432k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Lans Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $375k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $322k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $325k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $340k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $163k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $270k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $173k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beloit Health System Foundation Inc | $465,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Beloit Meals on Wheels Inc | $304,500 | 6 | 14% |
| Family Services of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Inc | $226,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Caritas Foundation | $132,500 | 7 | 29% |
| Beloit Regional Hospice Inc | $117,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Family Promise of Greater Beloit Inc | $69,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Beloit Historical Society | $57,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Stateline Family YMCA of Beloit | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels of Stevens Point | $27,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Vetsroll Inc | $26,725 | 5 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beloit Health System Foundation Inc | $465,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Beloit Meals on Wheels Inc | $304,500 | 6 | 14% |
| Family Services of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Inc | $226,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Caritas Foundation | $132,500 | 7 | 29% |
| Beloit Regional Hospice Inc | $117,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Family Promise of Greater Beloit Inc | $69,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Beloit Historical Society | $57,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Stateline Family YMCA of Beloit | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels of Stevens Point | $27,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Vetsroll Inc | $26,725 | 5 | 1% |
| The Wisconsin American Legion Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Goldie B Floberg Center | $13,000 | 9 | 0% |
| St Louis University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rock Trail Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rockton Police Association | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($840k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Lans Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Morse Col Robert H Fdn Tr · Neese Family Foundation Inc · The Stateline Community Foundation Inc · Hendricks Family Foundation Inc · Regal Beloit Charitable Foundation · United Way Blackhawk Region Inc · Equitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Lans Foundation
- How much does The Lans Foundation give?
- The Lans Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $431,525 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Lans Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (26%), Health (23%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are The Lans Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Beloit Health System Foundation Inc ($465k), Beloit Meals on Wheels Inc ($305k), Family Services of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Inc ($226k).
- Does The Lans Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lans Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lans Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Morse Col Robert H Fdn Tr, Neese Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Lans Foundation based?
- The Lans Foundation is based in IL.
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